Time and Chance

The race is not to the swift, or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise, or wealth to the brilliant, or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all. Ecclesiastes 9:11 Life happens to be all about time and chance opportunities. It is what we do with these opportunities that enhances our beauty in life.

Shadow Love

The pressures of everyday life sink in. Realizations of what life is all about connect with the dreams of what life could be. Stopped in a crossraod, perplexed by which way to turn. Trusting in my Spirit that decisions will not fault. Fears diverged with the reality of work, and hopes of a better life are the result. Not sure, how to make it through, just focusing on the ever so winding clues. Knowing that all is for good...and that good comes from love. I wonder why love is so hard to express...and why it embraces my heart to confess? I have found my soul battling a profound desire of trust. Strengthened by pass losses, and weakend by the slow advances. Wishing that sounds of Hope would leap forward with forces of never ending strength. Sounds of Hope...Shine Light...Send Grace...Shadow Love.

Light of Love

Every dark road has a light that eventually appears. Sometimes one must walk in the dark for days, months, even years before they see a glimpse of the light. But once the glimpse is in view...the road left behind doesn't seem as important as it was when one was walking it. The glimpse broadens and is now a shining light of hope. It's the light that brightens the day and allows one to fully embrace the humanness of life. To walk a long, dark road can be filled with strife and hardship. One has to continue because the light calls out their name. For when the light speaks, one must obey. When one obeys they have hope that bridges the gap that allows the light to expand and show them a greater thing about life...which ultimately leads to love. Without ever embracing the dark....one could never triumph in the light...and feel the joy that surrounds the heart. It is a gift that comes from above...a story that is written with love. To whomever reads: There is a story for you. One that radiates a light of love. It sings a joyous tune and fills the heart with many songs. It speaks of hope and allows love to call out your name.

Epiphany

Art is an epiphany in a coffee cup. -Elizabeth Murray Who knows what might be discovered in the world of conversation and coffee cups.

Faithful Trust

It's been a long month...a road that continually stretches my ability to stand on my own two feet. Not sure as to why this has continually been a pattern in the last several years, but it has surely struck my perception of the world. I am at a cross roads...truly trying to make decisions about my life to better myself not only now, but for a family that I desire to have in my future. I am hoping that the sacrifices I have made in recent years will allow my future to be brighter than I could ever imagine. It has been a road of trust... So, I continually have found myself saying... " I place my trust in the Lord." For the future is so often unclear...and so many times I have failed to really trust in Him...but the Lord always has been faithful to me and given me a faithful trust that He will see me through. So this time... I place my trust in the Lord...and know that He holds the Hope of my future. Thank you for the long road and teaching me the lesson of faithful trust.

Incredible Certainity

And when two such people encounter each other, and their eyes meet, the past and the future become unimportant. There is only that moment, and the incredible certainity that everything under the sun has been written by one hand only. ~ The Alchemist

Lull of Life

Ever so often in life there is a lull that suspends time. During that lull one can feel as if the world has abandoned their time. No matter, what one tries to do to allow that time to start spinning again...it doesn't...and will not until the lull that has suspended that time has passed by. A lull can last, to what could seem to be forever...but really in perspective is a lull in a fragment of a whole lot of time. It's how the lull of life is approached that makes the duration of the lull to start spinning again. May the lull in this life...start to spin...time that was frozen is no longer...nor does it even matter. I want the spinning in this moment to carry the lulls of life forever. Though the spinning cycles of happiness wear away...it is the joy in between the lulls that allows the heart to continue spinning. As one spins...may the joy illuminate from within...and allow the lull of life to shine beauty.